Al Sailiya head coach Sami Trabelsi was feeling the pressure and needed another win. The Peregrines who last season finished a very respectable 4^th in the league had a dreadful start to their campaign this year but secured all three points tonight when they beat Al Ahli by two goals to one.

Sailiya took on Al Ahli at the Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium in Al Wakrah town and a win would see the Peregrines move up to 8^th spot in the league.

Yet it was the away side that got off to the better start when Al Ahli’s star midfielder Mojtaba Jabari poked home the opener (22’).

 But Al Sailiya responded almost immediately as they went up the other end just 3 minutes later and leveled through their new Tunisian striker Issam Jemaa.

The game was finely poised as the two teams went in for the break.

After the restart both sides had chances but were wasteful.

It looked as if the game would end in a draw but then Sailiya were awarded a penalty with just 10 minutes of the game left. Faozi Mubark Ayish stepped up and with his teammates all watching, he calmly slotted home the winner.

Al Ahli moves down to 7^th whilst Al Sailiya moves up to 8^th with 17 points in the Qatar Stars League.